Mask of Agamemnon

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Sculpture · c. 1550 BC · Mycenae · Europe

Gold funeral mask that Schliemann in 1876 pinned on Homer's hero

Mask of Agamemnon — Gleb Simonov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Aegean art — A maritime Bronze Age: lively frescoes of Minoan Crete and the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae
Century: 16th century BC

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c. 1550 BC Book of the Dead · Ancient Egyptian art · Thebes